 TIM HOWARD | FRIDAY, 25 OCT 2024 One of the unique aspects of self-managed superannuation funds (SMSFs) is their ability to borrow money to invest. The ability to borrow, however, should not be confused with the borrowing principles that may apply to individuals, companies or trusts ... Read more  ALEX DUNNIN | THURSDAY, 19 SEP 2019 ... performance results and a swooning media is infatuated. First some background. The Future Fund was set up in 2006 by the Howard government as a sovereign wealth fund to help build up capital reserves that would eventually be used to pay down previously ... Read more  CHRISTINA HOBBS | WEDNESDAY, 17 APR 2019 ... broke of the mass shooting in New Zealand this month, many of us 'across the ditch' felt a hint of relief for the Howard era laws passed to restrict gun control in Australia; but the reality is, through our superannuation, most Australians are ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | MONDAY, 26 JUN 2017 ... the retail side as was the disruption of investment choice and then fund choice, which came about the same time as the Howard-Costello Better Super tax disruption that almost destroyed retail super by handing the market to the SMSF sector. Then we had ... Read more  DARREN SNYDER | FRIDAY, 1 APR 2016 ... Robertson address, McAllister called for women's budget statements to be reintroduced - something that was taken away by the Howard and Abbott governments. She went on to say policies that don't take into account the different economic lives of women ... Read more ALEX DUNNIN | WEDNESDAY, 5 MAY 2010 ... into super and some rebates for small business owners are, they are hardly the stuff of legend. Prime ministers Keating or Howard could have come up with these ideas while polishing their antique clocks or doing their morning power walk. Yet despite ... Read more PAGE: 1 |
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DANIEL SHRIMSKI
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
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